A
general view shows the Saudi holy city of Mecca , as seen from the top
of Noor mountain, late on November 13, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty
Images)

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A
Saudi worker stitches Islamic calligraphy in gold thread on a silk
drape to cover the Kaaba at the Kiswa factory in Mecca < Saudi Arabia
on November 8, 2010. The Kaaba cover is called Kiswa and is changed
every year at the culmination of the annual Hajj or pilgrimage. (MUSTAFA
OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

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An
Indian Hajj pilgrim holds prayer beads prior to his departure for Mecca
at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad ,
India on October 26, 2010. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

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Saudi
Arabian men ride on the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in
Mecca on November 2, 2010. The Chinese-built monorail project, will link
Mecca with the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, and will
operate for the first time during the Hajj this month at 35 percent
capacity to ferry Saudi nationals who will take part in the upcoming
annual Muslim pilgrimage. (AMER HILABI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Saudi
special forces show their skills during a military parade in
preparation for the Hajj in the Saudi city of Mecca on November 10,
2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

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Saudi
special forces take part in a military parade, preparing for the Hajj
in Mecca on November 10, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

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Saudi
workers load carboys of "zamzam" water containers at the Zamazemah
United Office in Mecca , on November 7, 2010. According to Islamic
belief, zamzam is a miraculously-generated source of water from God,
which began thousands of years ago when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was
thirsty and crying for water and discovered a well by kicking the
ground. Millions of pilgrims visit the well each year while performing
the Hajj or Umrah pilgrimages, in order to drink its water. (MUSTAFA
OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

Muslim
pilgrims are seen on their way towards a rocky hill called Mount Arafat
, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca , Saudi Arabia on Monday, Nov. 15,
2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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An
ambulance is parked among thousands of Muslim pilgrims praying near the
Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat , southeast of the Saudi holy city of
Mecca , on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain
from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where
prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic
calendar 1,378 years ago. Pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection
and reading the Koran. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

A
Muslim man visits the Hiraa cave on Noor mountain late on November 13,
2010 during the annual Hajj. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet
Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while praying in the
cave. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

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A
Muslim pilgrim holds his daughter on Mount Arafat on the plains of
Arafat, outside the holy city of Mecca on November 15, 2010.
(REUTERS/Mohammed Salem )

Muslim
pilgrims pray atop Mount Arafat , southeast of Mecca , on November 15,
2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before
dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his
farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago.
(MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

Muslim
pilgrims reach to touch the golden doors of the Kaaba as they perform
their walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca early on the
morning of November 9, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

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A
Muslim pilgrim prays at the top of Noor Mountain , on the outskirts of
Mecca , Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan
Ammar)